The guy was obviously a huge Jewel fan.
1997? I hope he is still alive.

I didn't know the internet even existed back then.

After research...

--The internet was created in the early to mid 1980's, but nobody is sure of the exact date.

--The internet became commercialized in the 1990's, but nobody is sure of the exact date.

--Less than 24 hours after the internet was born, the first spam post appeared. (Just my guess - NOT fact.)

--In 1995 about 24 million people were using the internet.

--In 2012 more than 2.4 BILLION people have used the internet, over 1/3 of the world's population.

What are the other 2/3 of the world doing?

The World Wide Web (as opposed to "the internet") was created in 1990 by British computer engineer Tim Berners-Lee as a platform that would be capable of storing and sharing millions of cute cat videos (or "moggie videos" as he preferred to call them).